Misdiagnosis and Enteroviruses

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The digestive system contains a...read more »

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad"...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning)....read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed
(it can, of course,...read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of...read more »

Article Excerpts about Enteroviruses

Enteroviruses
are small viruses that are made of ribonucleic acid (RNA) and protein.
This group includes the polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses.
In addition to the three different polioviruses, there are 61 non-polio
enteroviruses that can cause disease in humans: 23 Coxsackie A viruses,
6 Coxsackie B viruses, 28 echoviruses, and 4 other enteroviruses. (Source: excerpt from Non-Polio Enterovirus Infections: DVRD)

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